Billingshurst railway station

Billingshurst
Location	Billingshurst, Horsham, West Sussex England
Grid reference	TQ088251
Managed by	Southern
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	BIG
Classification	DfT category E
History
Opened	10 October 1859
Passengers
2015/16	0.485 million
2016/17	0.419 million
2017/18	0.459 million
2018/19	0.484 million
2019/20	0.488 million
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Billingshurst railway station serves the market town of Billingshurst, in West Sussex, England. It is on the Arun Valley Line 44 miles 71 chains (72.2 km) down the line from London Bridge via Redhill. The station is operated by Southern. The signalbox was believed to be the oldest operational box in the country, and in May 2016 was moved to Amberley Museum and Heritage Centre.^[1]

Until 2006 both platforms were only 4 coaches long. Since then the platform for trains towards Pulborough has been extended to take 8 coaches and more recently the London-bound platform has also now been extended to 8-car length.^[2]

History

The station was built by the Mid-Sussex Railway and opened along with the line from Horsham to Petworth on 10 October 1859. From the outset, the line was worked by the London Brighton and South Coast Railway, which bought it out in 1862.

Exterior view of station in 1964

Services

The typical Monday-Saturday off peak service is:

• 2 trains per hour (tph) to London Victoria
• 2 tph to Bognor Regis

On Sundays this is reduced to:

• 1 tph to London Victoria
• 1 tph to Bognor Regis and Portsmouth Harbour (dividing at Barnham)

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Christs Hospital		Southern Arun Valley Line		Pulborough

Gallery

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  Northward view from the level crossing

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  Southward view from Platform 2

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  Facilities on Platform 2

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  Billingshurst signal box

Notes

External links

• Train times and station information for Billingshurst railway station from National Rail